Panaji, March 29 (IANS) Russian Helicopters is close to signing a long-term maintenance agreement with India’s Defence Ministry to provide after sales service for the entire fleet of Mi-17 helicopters, said the foreign firm. The…
New York, March 29 (IANS) Global software and cloud major Oracle has sought $9.3 billion from search engine giant Google over software copyrights infringement, a media report said. Oracle claims that it should receive $475…
Los Angeles, March 29 (IANS) Fungi will be sent for the first time to the International Space Station for the development of medicine, said researchers at the University of Southern California (USC). The experiments, to…
New York, March 29 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook may roll out new features like in-store payment for goods and services and new chat options including ‘Secret conversations’ in Messenger, a media report said. Comments…
London, March 29 (IANS) In a first, researchers in Scotland are using smartphone-based technology to find the reason behind plummeting numbers of harbour seals in the country. Part of a three-year study by researchers at…
Tokyo, March 29 (IANS) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Tuesday that its newly launched satellite Astro-H remains unreachable. JAXA launched the satellite on February 17 into orbit about 575 km above the Earth….
New York, March 29 (IANS) Twitter’s Periscope — a prominent live video streaming app for iOS and Android — is celebrating its first anniversary this week with a milestone of 200 million streams in a…
New York, March 29 (IANS) Unlocking the mystery behind eruptions on the icy moon of Saturn, scientists from the University of Chicago and Princeton University have revealed a mechanism by which cyclical tidal stresses exerted…
Washington, March 29 (IANS) After successfully hacking into the encrypted Apple iPhone of one of a terrorist in San Bernardino, California shooting, the US Department of Justice has withdrawn legal action against the tech giant….
San Francisco, March 29 (IANS) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) scraped its request for Apple Inc.’s assistance to hack into the phone of a terrorist killer. The federal government department, on behalf of the…
Los Angeles, Mar 29 (AFP) The FBI has unlocked the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, officials said, ending a heated legal standoff with Apple that had pitted US authorities against Silicon…
Brasilia, March 28 (IANS) Brazilian researchers have improved delivery of a medication to fight Alzheimer’s by using a nanofibre to regulate the compound’s release, the media reported on Monday. The project is being led by…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday gave the government more time to suggest ways and means for blocking child pornography in its all forms as it was told that due to…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) To advocate about the mobility industry, Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association (CEAMA) on Monday formed a mobile and communications council. The council in collaboration with other industry associations will…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) US-based network security company FireEye on Monday launched the “Mandiant Red Team Operations” — a set of objectives-based assessments that conduct no-holds-barred attacks on organisations to highlight weakness in systems…
New York, March 28 (IANS) Engineers from the University of Utah have developed a new type of fibre material for a handheld scanner that can detect small traces of fuel leaks and even fuel-based explosives….
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Power equipment manufacturer Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned the second 40 MW hydropower generating unit at the Teesta low dam hydro electric project (HEP) stage-IV in West Bengal,…
New York, March 28 (IANS) Internet giant Google is rumoured to include an extra modification of Google Goggles to the official Google Camera app in Android devices for searching information by just taking a picture….
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) South Korean electronic giant Samsung on Monday launched three new variants of the Gear S2 smartwatch and a whole new set of applications and dial faces for Indian customers. The…
London, March 28 (IANS) A team of scientists has discovered a highly promising group of materials known as hybrid “lead halide perovskites” that can recycle light — a finding that may revolutionise the field of…